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Going, Going, Gone Lyrics

Going, going, gone
I've just reached a place
Where the willow don't bend.
There's not much more to be said
It's the top of the end.
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

I'm closin' the book
On the pages and the text
And I don't really care
What happens next.
I'm just going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

I been hangin' on threads,
I been playin' it straight,
Now, I've just got to cut loose
Before it gets late.
So I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.

Grandma said, "Boy, go and follow your heart
And you'll be fine at the end of the line.
All that's gold isn't meant to shine.
Don't you and your one true love ever part."

I been walkin' the road,
I been livin' on the edge,
Now, I've just got to go
Before I get to the ledge.
So I'm going,
I'm just going,
I'm gone.
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Cover art for Going, Going, Gone lyrics by Bob Dylan

a song about a person who's given up in life, they are either going to die, or they are going to try to find a new life somewhere else and rid themselves of the old shell they once knew.

Cover art for Going, Going, Gone lyrics by Bob Dylan

wow i have a less depressing version, not sure where it's from:

well i've just reached a place where i can't stay awake i got to leave you baby before my heart will break i ain't going, i ain't going, i ain't gone

come over here baby cause i'm telling you this you got to believe it you got to give me one more kiss i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

fix me one more drink, babe and hold on one more time but don't get too close to make me change my mind i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

now my mama always said something true "you gotta follow your heart you'll be praying at the end of the line all that's gold wasn't meant to shine just don't put your horse in front of your car"

now from boston to birmingham is a two day ride but i got to be going now cause i'm so dissatisfied i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

From Live at Budokan 1978, released 1979. But I'm fairly certain it's still "I'm going", not your suggested "I ain't going".

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